Quick and Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu Heroes with Mushroom Gravy

Name: Quick and Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu Heroes with Mushroom Gravy
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons unsalted butter; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 10 ounces white mushrooms, sliced; 3 cups Depression Chicken Stock or 1½ (15-ounce) cans reduced-sodium chicken broth; 3 cups Depression Chicken Stock or 1½ (15-ounce) cans reduced-sodium chicken broth; 2 pounds chicken cutlets, rinsed, trimmed, cut in half crosswise, and pounded flat; Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; 1 cup all-purpose flour; ¼ cup olive oil; 1 loaf Italian bread, sliced in half lengthwise, then in half crosswise; 8 thin slices good-quality deli ham; 8 slices Swiss cheese

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
55 min

Appears in

Cooking with the Firehouse Chef

By Keith Young

Published 2005

About

This recipe saves a lot of calories and time in the kitchen without sacrificing any flavor—and Bobby Ryan, E-276, loves it.

Ingredients

For the Mushroom Gravy

4 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 cloves garlic, minced
10

Americas
United States
Lunch

Method

To Make the Gravy

Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes, until lightly golden. Add the mushrooms, reduce the heat to medium, and sauté for about 10 minutes, until most of the moisture from the mushrooms has evaporated. Add the flour and cook for 5 to 6 minutes. Add the chicken stock, stir, an